David Nakamura

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Trump's WH director of social media is on the trip to DMZ. Expect rapid turnaround video package of the 'handshake for peace' with KJU. — PolitiTweet.org

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.@moonriver365 announces Trump and Kim will meet at DMZ today to make “a handshake for peace.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Moon called potential Trump- Kim handshake at the DMZ represented a “big hope for everyone...This would be a significant milestone in the peace process on the Korean Peninsula.” Then Trump complained “fake news” media not giving enough credit for improved security on peninsula. — PolitiTweet.org

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If Trump steps over the 38th parallel today and becomes the first sitting Potus to set foot in North Korea, you know what that means, right? Kim: Coming to America 2020. Season finale right before the election. — PolitiTweet.org

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Asked if he was going to meet Kim at the DMZ, POTUS answered: “We’ll see. He very much wants to. We are tying to work it out. It will be very short but that’s OK. A handshake means a lot”. Per @jcartillier — PolitiTweet.org

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“I understand they want to meet,” Trump tells pool apparently referring to Kim Jong Un at DMZ later today — PolitiTweet.org

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I wrote about the symbolism of the commander in chief visits to “Freedom’s Frontier over the years —every president since Reagan other that GHWB has visit—in fall 2017 when WH was debating whether to send Trump on 1st Korea trip during “Fire and Fury” era https://t.co/NV5pXMxg5b — PolitiTweet.org

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A la Moon last year. https://t.co/HXiSmukJIH — PolitiTweet.org

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Is everyone ready for bomber-jacket Trump today? ... Except if he meets with Kim Jong Un would be choose to stay in a suit? https://t.co/gsjrE6bMb4 — PolitiTweet.org

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Correcting the group it’s EXO. I need to brush up on my boy bands. — PolitiTweet.org

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@BBCLBicker @moonriver365 @AbeShinzo I stand corrected; can’t tell them apart! — PolitiTweet.org

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This photo shows Trump and @moonriver365 last night with Korean mega boy band BTS, which spoke at UNGA last year. (My 6-y/o loves one of their songs.) Moon with the soft-power a la @AbeShinzo bringing Piki Taro to state dinner in Tokyo in 2017. — PolitiTweet.org

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@jpnKevin_T What do you want to read about? — PolitiTweet.org

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@HillbillyQueen More of my meals this week https://t.co/qFl2gcBf9F — PolitiTweet.org

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@cforman I couldn’t decide. Why not both?! — PolitiTweet.org

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Shinkansen back to Tokyo. It’s a Japanese combini sandwich kind of morning. https://t.co/o0PV1m7qTs — PolitiTweet.org

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In 2016 I wrote about Obama’s efforts to deal with Asia’s lingering wounds on eve of his symbolic visit to Hiroshima. Last week @CSISKoreaChair I asked State Dept official if Trump was trying to bridge this divide. She asked audience for ideas how. https://t.co/8oj7wlRNEG https://t.co/CW7F3oK7Ee — PolitiTweet.org

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PM Abe might be Trump’s bestie but he won’t even meet with S. Korea’s Moon because of the nearly eight decades old WWII grievances between the nations over Japanese imperialism. Abe even met with a boy band member. US allies not even taking at time of fears over China, DPRK. https://t.co/TuO4EenC8o — PolitiTweet.org

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@Journo_Christal @SecretService I just made that up — PolitiTweet.org

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@Journo_Christal @SecretService Hachiko desu — PolitiTweet.org

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Osaka summit over, @SecretService ordnance dogs prepare for the long trip home. https://t.co/JBVrum5PV4 — PolitiTweet.org

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@EenaRuffini Next time you come to Japan! — PolitiTweet.org

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@JgarsideJon I didn’t say he changed the subject. I said he got confused. — PolitiTweet.org

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WH press hotel in Osaka was about a mile (two subway stops) from bustling Dotonbori major tourist area and very quiet. But there was still some nightlife going on. https://t.co/AuOXgC6Xvj — PolitiTweet.org

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@wglaaber Slightly. Super chewy. — PolitiTweet.org

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I had a hanko when I worked as an English teacher in Hiroshima nearly 20 years ago. (The teaching was a crazy experience https://t.co/5dxsxZgogs ) — PolitiTweet.org

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Japanese have a traditional way to “sign” their names —on work time card or official documents—a stamp with the family name known as a “hanko.” There was a store selling them near my hotel. Nakamura (“middle village”) is middle row third and fourth from left. (Upside down.) https://t.co/FPBvB53snB — PolitiTweet.org

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@AkikoFujita I prefer Hiroshima style! — PolitiTweet.org

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Dinner tonight in Osaka: Tskemen ... dipping ramen, which you purchase with ticket from a vending machine. Less than $10. One of my favorites. https://t.co/RFq04uISTI — PolitiTweet.org

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@jadande @KITKAT Actually, mom (Jewish) mother first revolted at it but then LOVED...wasabi @KITKAT — PolitiTweet.org